New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-12-26
DEMOCRACY UNMASKED
THE TWO MESSAGES ON THE TARIFF
PRESIDENT cLEyELANDs IGNORANCE OF TIE FrRss
PRI..CIPLEs OF POLITICAL ECONOMY -pUry
OF THE REPUBLICAN, PARTY IN THE
COMING STRUGGLE.

COMING STRUGGLE
From The Worth American Rsgisw for January lss,
Pulses Jcat moro quietly, the Joy of battle lgh,.
up manly faces, and IL IS a dramatic moment VIII,
the vessel chased mere hartman opens batch..
for her devilish to on deck drops ~
seeming stripe and d!scloses thotied guns and sun.
up the black flag Free bo0er and free Trader L.v
much In common There has been enough Of ptr,,
cal concearncnt. enough Of false pretencc with 70,
men see that President Ceyelsnd, brave as men ofes
are who do not comprehend what they are aon,
strips of Democratic DISCUSSES. loads his annual ncs
sage with FREQ trade theories and propo,itons a
startling breadth and moaning, and compel, HI, bart,
to fight against protection to .eck another ,sndi
date.
Like lightning romcs The answer from Paris Ybo
Presidents thought that internal war ia,cs sbou,a
BIO continued. IN orfe, to deprive home ng try b,,
measure VI deforcc which tariff only :or Icyenu.
would naturally give, Is exposed without mercy. lila
abandonment OF roast defence In order io mako n
reduction OF duties greater, and thus 10 ua IN. Lo.
fall more heavily industry, I, routrast,J ,,i,h a.,
Tilden's eloquent letter His pforosaI =, ,., -
OF Charge the greatest and most lrOGi1,in f,srlo,
In the world to foreigners, who 10 bear M, mart
of tho cost OF maintaining FREQ Institution, bcr tt
bigoted prejudice against American manufacturers.
and their workngmen his desire TO take away ,bs
scanty profit OF Amerc Il wool groycrs ,Tioso linn,
derng trust In Democratic promises made bl, ,oc.
ton possible. meet rebukc the hands Of Mr. Llama
which gladdenS the hearts of tl;ic Americans Ncvo,
has hurled spear been more deity raughi or ,ent
back with moro startling swifncss and tnrer aim
Tho land laughs with applause. Thousand, who
" could not vote for Mr.. BlaneH In 1884 wish they
had then mistaken sham for real eiorn The bah.
bic OF slandcres for proofs Of Holy Witt or heir
own inlamcd vanity iOs tenderness Of rousc,ence
SO apt and conclusive Is the reply, - ufoug and i'm.
proSsiye The deicnce Of America interests. That The
Republican party seems IN danger "a 'upposns
its work all done, ITS focs dispersed is 81. go hot
aud its victory already secured.
NOTIME NOW poR PLAYING WITH POLITICS.
The question now IS whether the Republican party
IS lit to govern The first and largest part If the
work of solf government Is to convince aud 'ducsie
Republicans have tho opportunity for Vheh
they have prayed twenty years. lhc question Il
whether they have waited long and left ,runomls
weapons to rust 80 far and accustomed themselves
to rely uJOn other agencies 50 completely. HAT
they 80 not equal TO tho opportunity ROW that Il
Thanks to the President, the issue against p,o'ec.
ton Is made ia he wcaicSf way. In ,unIrcicf Ion
IN courage. he resembles the sch0ol- boy. n0s
matte and positive where competent lfe' trader
would bc most vague and rau'lous, be discharges Nb~
solete and lonsabandoned theories |hch r~rmDc
economic aims If precision no more Than Qr'cs
No douh, tho President himself anu no, friends WI
shrink from tho translation of his crude phrase,
republicans IN congress 70 show that be has Leiryc.
a mel anchoIy snd hopeless ignorance.
Traders are rcrfocfly aware Iha fhe prcf,nts tap.
position, that price, u protected product, arr %,
rule enhanced to The fall extent Uf tu' protective
duties IS entirely Jnirgc. let the 'dtrc argument
of the IresidrE, buit this single false s.>ump-
iOn. abandoned years ago by every Moderately g.
formed Irec Trader HIS supporters. 'rleIly hand
capped by his ..uo.aucc. VIII now hayc 20 explain
how glassware came TO be bought IN pt>buf- or
Cunatd si"ar"'~. b." American bridge on.id"t, 'e-
cured ihr contract 20 tut thousand, al tons IT Amcs.
steel into australian bridge. hoyy P.an-,l-
anita rails 'lrN;co. or New-jcrcy locomotives
to Europe. or Nnof. an mining machinery to BRUSH
fn nd lar sir
Ter ami American cutlery in sheffield Linked SIN
these are he ttIr i.iia'e> that foreign prices would
Le what they nov arc If American production WOO
70 cease. aH Thar cheaper materials 'au .
In 1s79 an iar .s.rd DEMAND for IRON from il,
corntrv, amounting 10 10000 tons. actually r>rt
tho prices - p.; ron ia Great Britain - per ceu',
O, bar iron 80 p'r cent, and OF ,omo o'ier
nanat,cturrd HINTS leo Icr cent. AMI ye.
o. TON ,a.r .a,cr. con,,eiea, uran r'
moval o.; duties, would NOT III The fore ga pre- -
caa,, b., , ' road ID BE- BE- r Sr S Of ,a
aud i~ia! t~r in ih' g, ~ mater las. l.n i'is
foreign supplies.
THF rHr>iDENrS IGNORANT APPEAL TO IGNORANCE
Mother 10 competent men appeal az, longer 10
vulgar pre- ludcc by suggesting. Prc,id M t.'r-
land does. THAI projected manufacturers are liv.an;
mountainous l's. Or thar protected "oftrr,
getting unfairly ia-r wages There {, uo excuse for
Ignorance. Il vJ co~; tn Pc, dent no tsol0e To
tho United states ara earning nothing for capital.
and thar OF the more fortunate. a goat many ownos
would DO glad. rs Me'SfS Hewitt & Cooper actually
basf, Of SIX r,r cent sor the CAPITAL invested
II Is No. cred'atlr 10 Mr. Cleveland that he seciS
TO SET o,her .lriArr, AGAINST the wool growers 10
happen, that wool = grown IN cvcry STATE and cN-
cuding counties on the borders OF civilization which
are but names without population. ont Of 2ioo cDiu-
ties In all IT,. States. wool + grown I'm every county
except 80. Though there were also % others n l--o
whore It ~as 40, grown to 4 'antial cA-
fief afU = Uf rruff. fasf
~ yor Tc,y rsey I."nsviy,r,, AMI Ola
900 900 acr"S. worth $3.50. .OCO. ov'r So 10
per acre. while the farm lands OF Virginia kentucky,
North Carolina and Tennessee, - oo0ooo acres ars
Ing what protection does for them. farming coun'c,
IN thcNorh voto for it strongly. know
soh "o mann '0f Hat it, p 'Hr% Sc And
wafer settles IN low places. the notions II those who
know least gravitate into The Presidents message
To these shallow mistakes. the President add, ono
into Witch II FAR greater Information have fallen
dustries h. wonders how - 100000 othcrS can -
benefited ANY novice IN trades ruousm could ten
hin mat who're SlN men are al WORK ana one = ~" ~
and looking for work MS competition VII IN ln,n ne
press tho wages % all tho rest, and they can better
Afford to pay Tor his living out OF their own poche
than 10 have him used as plledrScr 10 put o"Wa
their wages. That intelligent people need 10 10
told such rud.meutary things may seem inc.elih' 20
chosen by tho Intelligent people aforesaid lemon
strates In his annual message that h. need, 10
taught the SamD thing II Is a solemn ""niu. INA"
primary school, cannot he neglected with SAFETY.
REDUCTION ~ DUTIES NO LFSSENGNG oF REVENUE.
less than 900 At the utmost can be takea
from the rcvenuc 10y putting on the free >t a' r'w
materials Of industry. according ~ the annual nnor
OF the Burcal of Statistic, Just published and in has
report such advanced products as steel ingn' aS
claSsed as crude materials Has tho President %
the Secretary the least idea how great rcduc ION 10
tho OF duty would be necessary To diminish ths
receipts by 53 ~ 80 per centf DO thcy imaelne
that removal ot half twothrd OF the duties "oua
have that cfccti There IS not practcsl nlerchaht
or manufacturer who does not know that such Q
change would enormously increase mportstions--
unless indeed Immediate panic ant ploStrdion should
"A. urlye tho people OF ,umng powcrand that tha
lower rates double treble the present mporta-
tons would yold a larger revenue than Il now OBJ
talued II tho reduction OF the drty he made large
enough 10 decrease OF one half In the nus
derived from manufactured imports, the road 10 prose
tratlou must be mercifully short.
The selfish policy IS ALWAYS short sighted lie
" ho finds his life shall lose it, While this nation 10
tends all It's industries nobody caring less for TIE we